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ALAMEDA (KRON) — A mob of teens robbed people celebrating Halloween on Tuesday in Alameda.

Investigators say the victims were out when they were confronted by mobs of teenagers, who took their personal property.

This past Halloween was used as a cover for mobs of teenage robbers targeting people celebrating the holiday in Alameda.

“It was unusual,” Alameda police Lt. Hoshmand Durani said. “We had about 50 to 60 kids on Park Street area business corridor, most wearing masks and Halloween-type costumes, and we had some robberies of cellphones and laptops.”

There were six reported robberies in the Park Street area. Some victims were in a Starbucks when they were robbed of their electronics.